As with multimedia content like music, podcasts and videos, iTunes acts as the synchronization hub for your address book data. The first contact transfer needs to be performed using the iPad USB cable, but after that, you can configure iTunes to automatically sync updated contact information between your PC and iPad over your Wi-Fi network. Synced contacts will then be accessible from the Mail and Messages apps and any third-party apps that integrate with your address book.

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Connect your iPad to your computer and open iTunes if it does not launch automatically.

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Click the "iPad" button and then click the "Info" tab.

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Click the checkbox beside "Sync Contacts" and select the address book software on your computer from the drop-down menu. The iTunes software supports syncing with Outlook, Windows Contacts and the Mac OS X Address Book.

Click the "Summary" tab, and then click the checkbox beside "Sync with this iPad over Wi-Fi" to enable automatic synchronization of your contacts and other data anytime your iPad is connected to the same wireless network as your PC.

Warning

Information in this article applies to syncing an iPad 3 or iPad Mini with version 11 of the iTunes software. It may vary slightly or significantly with other versions or products.

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Jason Spidle is a technology enthusiast and writer. His writing on computers, smartphones, Web design, Internet applications, sports and music has been published at a variety of websites including Salon, JunkMedia, Killed in Cars and The Columbia Free Times. Spidle maintains a number of blogs featuring poetry, short stories and other fiction.

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